Category: humour

Man Submits Drawing Of Spider Instead Of Payment For Overdue Account

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Laugh out loud absurd funny.

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From: Jane Gilles
Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.19pm

To: David Thorne
Subject: Overdue account

Dear David,

Our records indicate that your account is overdue by the amount of $233.95. If you have already made this payment please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles

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From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.37pm

To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,

I do not have any money so am sending you this drawing I did of a spider instead. I value the drawing at $233.95 so trust that this settles the matter.

Regards, David.

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… see where this story is going on 27b/6

Zuckerberg cover of MAD magazine

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I’ve got to read this edition … Perhaps the first MAD magazine I’ll have read in 30yrs.

… When TechCrunch asked Mad Magazine editor John Ficarra why Mark was on the cover of his humorous periodical, Ficarra replied, “It was a pure business decision. We got a cool $2 mil from the Winklevoss twins to ‘poke’ him a new one.” …

Mashable

funny Borders Books sign

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… We’ve gotta hand it to the employee at a doomed Borders store who still has a sense of humor about the company they work for going down the drain.

Consumerist reader Sam says he snapped this sign at a store which will be closing in Chicago, telling customers where they can now go to find a bathroom.

Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in mid-February, after struggling for years to compete against Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble, which have cornered the digital and physical book store markets, respectively. As a result, they have been in the process of closing 30% of their stores. …

Consumerist – Closing Borders Store Tells Customers Where To Find A Restroom

I was born like this …

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… I had no choice

A California cousin is doing a family history. Here’s a baby photo that came to light.

I had hoped to transform from an ugly duckling to a beautiful swan. That hasn’t happened yet.

too lazy to ski … try ‘skouching’

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Add 1 couch or recliner, 1 pair of skis and a host of willing (if absent-minded) participants and you’ve got a recipe for “skouching” … and plenty of B-roll footage for the next Jackass movie.

Vagabondish

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Worst Company In America 2011

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It’s March Madness over at Consumerist.

… I’ve got to think one of the TelCos will win LOSE.

Here’s Your Lineup For Worst Company In America 2011!

Thanks for the link, Jason.

Blooper vid – Canadians BLUNDER in the snow

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Warren and Bill reminded me of my classic 2007 edit of the fun we had over New Year’s.

It’s only had 106 views.

Clearly I should have put the words Blunder and Blooper in the title.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

My gymnastics coach diving bloopers video has 55,000 views.

In defence of techno-tards

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Clearly, Kate is not a nerd:

… I can’t cope with the relentless onslaught of technological “improvements” …

… Just for a start, I find that trying to get the hang of which electronic teller requires the bank- card swipe and which the bank-card chip shove, and which way the card should be positioned for either, and whether I want to use the “calculate tip” function in the electronic teller, and whether I should be calculating the tip on the machine before or after the HST has been added, is enough to drive me to drink. …

Never mind the mystery of the six remote controls now required to operate a solitary TV or stereo, or the random puzzling beeps emanating from other people’s numerous plugged-in gadgets. I know I can’t be alone in my wonder at the breathtaking “efficiency” of ordering a movie ticket online, printing it up, and then having to stand in line at the movie theatre anyway in order to redeem it for a ticket I can actually use. …

read more on Kate of Late

Kate’s right about the remotes. WHY do we still have multiple remote controls in most homes, many of which have only one master of the remotes.

fast and dirty …

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But good enough for me.

My personal philosophy is Voluntary Simplicity.

This about sums up my success, so far.

Posted by Avi Abrams on Facebook. He edits the excellent Dark Roasted Blend photo blog out of Calgary.